Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor’s Guide to the Creative Use of Photoshop for Mac and PC

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Please read first
Introduction
	What’s different in this book
	Acknowledgments
1 Photoshop fundamentals
	Photoshop installation
	The Photoshop interface
		Home Screen
		In-app searches
		Sharing images
		Creating a new document
			The legacy New Document dialog
		Tabbed document windows
		Managing document windows
			Synchronized scroll and zoom
		Image document window details
			Title bar proxy icons (Mac only)
			Info panel status information
		Rulers, Grid & Guides
			New Guide Layout dialog
			New Guides from Shape
		‘Snap to’ behavior
		Pixel Grid view
		The Photoshop panels
			Panel arrangements and docking
			Panel positions remembered in workspaces
			Customizing the menu options
			Customizing keyboard shortcuts
		Task-based workspaces
			Saved workspaces location
			Working with a dual display setup
	Photoshop Tools panel
		Toolbar presets
		Tool tips
		Options bar
		Tool Presets
	Selection tools
		Color Range
			A Color Range selection of a selection
			Out-of-gamut selections
			Skin tone and faces selections
			Adjustable tone ranges
		Modifier keys
			New transform behavior
	Painting tools
		On-the-fly brush changes
			On-screen brush adjustments
		Brush Settings panel
		Brushes panel
		Pressure sensitive control
		Saving Brush tool presets
		Mixer brush
		Bristle tip brush shapes
		Brush stroke smoothing
		Adobe Color Themes panel
		Color panel
		Swatches panel
		Paint Symmetry
	Tools for filling
	Tools for drawing
	Image editing tools
		Move tool
		Layer selection using the Move tool
	Navigation and information tools
		Zoom tool
			Zoom tool shortcuts
		Hand tool
			Bird’s-eye view
			Flick panning
			Windows Multi-touch support
		Eyedropper tool
		Ruler tool
		Rotate view tool
		Notes tool
		Count tool
	Screen view modes
	Working with Layers
	Preset Manager
		New Presets panels
	History
		The History panel
			History settings and memory usage
		History brush
		Use of history versus undo
		Art history brush
		Snapshots
		Non-linear history
	When files won’t open
	Save often
		Background saving
			Using Save As… to save images
	File formats
		Photoshop native file format
			Smart PSD
		Large Document (PSB) format
		TIFF
			TIFF compression options
			Flattened TIFFs
		JPEG
		HEIF Support and Depth Map
		PNG
		Photoshop PDF
		Cloud Document saving (PSDC format)
	Adobe Bridge
		Installing Bridge
		The Bridge interface
			Output options
			Custom work spaces in Bridge
		Opening files from Bridge
		Slideshows
	Camera Raw
		DNG and transparency support
		Opening photos from Bridge via Camera Raw
	Photoshop help
		Learn panel
	Splash screen
2 Camera Raw processing
	Camera Raw advantages
		The new Camera Raw workflow
			Does the order matter?
			Raw capture
			It’s ‘raw’ not ‘RAW’
			JPEG capture
			Editing JPEGs and TIFFs in Camera Raw
			Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
			Alternative Raw processors
		Camera Raw support
			DNG compatibility
	Basic Camera Raw image editing
		Working with Bridge and Camera Raw
		General Camera Raw controls
			Full-size window view
		Opening multiple files via Camera Raw
		Preview controls
			Checkpoints
			Preview preferences
		Workflow preferences
		Saving photos from Camera Raw
			Saving a JPEG or TIFF as DNG
			Resolving naming conflicts
			Color space and image sizing options
		Opening raw files as Smart Objects
			Creating Lightroom-linked Smart Objects
		Changing the background color
		The histogram display
		Digital camera histograms
		Interactive histogram
		Image browsing via Camera Raw
		Zooming and scrolling
		Modal tool refinements in Camera Raw
		Camera Raw preferences
			File handling preferences
			JPEG and TIFF handling
			Performance Preferences
			Camera Raw cache
			Graphics card compatibility
			Raw Defaults preferences
		Camera Raw cropping and straightening
		How to straighten and crop
	Basic panel controls
		White balance
			Using the White balance tool
		Reset the panel settings
			Localized white balance measurements
		Independent auto white balance adjustments
		Profiles
		About profiles
		Adobe raw profiles
		Camera matching profiles
		Legacy profiles
		Third party profiles
		Enhanced profiles
		Creating custom profiles
		Profile browser management
			Marking Favorites
			Managing Profiles
			Custom camera profile calibrations
			Embedding custom profiles
		Calibration panel
		Process Versions
		The tone adjustment controls
			Exposure
			Contrast
			Highlights and Shadows
			Whites and Blacks
			Auto-calculated Blacks range
		Highlight clipping
			When to clip the highlights
		How to clip the shadows
		Shadow levels after a conversion
			Digital exposure
			The camera LCD histogram
			How Camera Raw interprets the raw data
		Basic panel image adjustment procedure
		Correcting a high contrast image
		Auto Settings corrections
			Auto Whites and Blacks sliders
		Texture
		Clarity
			Adding Negative Clarity/Texture
			Dehaze slider
			Localized Dehaze adjustments
		Vibrance and Saturation
		Curve panel
			Point Curve editor mode
			RGB Curves
		Color Mixer panel
			Recovering out-of-gamut colors
			Adjusting the hue and saturation
		Optics panel: Profile tab
			Accessing and creating custom lens profiles
			Chromatic aberration
		Optics panel: Manual tab
			The Defringe controls in use
			Eyedropper tool mode
			How to remove axial chromatic aberration
			Localized adjustments: Defringe slider
			Lens Vignetting controls
		Geometry panel and Upright corrections
			Synchronizing Upright settings
			Guided Upright adjustments
		Effects panel
			Post Crop Vignetting control
			Post Crop Vignette style options
			Highlights slider
			Adding Grain effects
		Camera Raw as a Photoshop filter
		Spot removal tool
			Creating circle spots
			Synchronized spotting with Camera Raw
			Spot removal tool feathering
			Fine-tuning the Spot removal tool
			Visualize spots
			Creating brush spots
			Deleting circle or brush spots
		Red eye removal
		Red eye: Pet eye removal
	Localized adjustments
		Adjustment brush
			Brush settings
			Adding a new brush effect
			Resetting adjustments
			Adjustment brush duplication
		Editing brush adjustments
			Previewing the brush stroke areas
			Auto masking
		Hand-coloring in Color mode
		Localized hue adjustments
		Graduated Filter
		Radial Filter
		Brush editing filter masks
		Adding extra shadow darkening
		Range masking
			Color Range masking
			Luminance Range masking
		Depth Range Masking
			HEIC file format
		Camera Raw More Image settings menu
			Writing settings to XMP
			Update DNG previews
			Load Settings… Save Settings…
		Saving and applying presets
			Managing presets
			Copying and synchronizing settings
		Working with Snapshots
	DNG file format
		The DNG solution
			DNG compatibility
			Should you keep the original raws?
		Saving images as DNG
			Lossy DNG
		DNG Converter
3 Sharpening and noise reduction
	When to sharpen
		Why one-step sharpening is ineffective
		Capture sharpening
			Capture sharpening for scanned images
		Process versions and Camera Raw sharpening
			Tailored sharpening
		Sample sharpening image
		Detail panel
			Sharpening defaults
			The sharpening effect sliders
			Amount slider
			Radius slider
			Detail slider
			Interpreting the grayscale previews
			Radius and Detail grayscale preview
		Masking slider
			Masking slider example
		Real world sharpening examples
			Sharpening portrait images
			Sharpening landscape images
			Sharpening a fine-detailed image
		How to save sharpening settings as presets
		Capture sharpening summary
		Selective sharpening in Camera Raw
			Negative sharpening
			Extending the sharpening limits
			Dual Smart Object sharpening layers
			How to apply localized sharpening
			Negative sharpening to blur an image
		Enhance Details
		Noise removal in Camera Raw
			Detail panel Noise Reduction sliders
			Color noise
			Removing random pixels
			CMOS and CCD sensors
		Noise Reduction adjustments
		Color Smoothness slider
			Localized noise reduction in Camera Raw
			Localized moiré removal in Camera Raw
	Localized sharpening in Photoshop
		Sharpen tool
		Smart Sharpen filter
			Basic Smart Sharpen mode
		Advanced Smart Sharpen mode
			Removing Motion Blur
		Shake Reduction filter
			The Shake Reduction controls
			Repeat filtering
			Smart object support
			Blur direction tool
			How to get the best results
		Creating a depth of field brush
4 Image editing essentials
	Pixels versus vectors
		Photoshop as a vector program
		Image resolution terminology
			PPI: pixels per inch
			LPI: lines per inch
			DPI: dots per inch
			Desktop printer resolution
		Altering the image size
		Image interpolation
			Nearest Neighbor (hard edges)
			Bilinear
			Bicubic (smooth gradients)
			Bicubic Smoother (enlargement)
			Bicubic Sharper (reduction)
			Bicubic Automatic
			Preserve Details (enlargement)
	Photoshop image adjustments
		The image histogram
			The Histogram panel
		Basic Levels editing and the histogram
		Bit depth
			8-bit versus 16-bit image editing
			16-bit and color space selection
			Comparing 8-bit with 16-bit editing
		The RGB edit space and color gamut
		Direct image adjustments
		Adjustment layers
			Adjustments panel controls
		Properties panel controls
			Properties panel document info
		Levels adjustments
			Analyzing the histogram
		Curves adjustments
			On-image Curves editing
			Removing curve points
			Using Curves in place of Levels
			Output levels adjustments
			Luminosity and Color blending modes
		Shadows/Highlights adjustment
			Amount
			Tone
			Radius
			Color Correction
			Midtone Contrast
		Auto adjustments
		Match Color corrections
		Enhance Brightness and Contrast
		Color corrections using Curves
		Hue/Saturation
		Vibrance
		Photo Filter
		Multiple adjustment layers
		Adjustment layer masks
		Properties panel mask controls
			Editing a mask using the masks controls
		Image Adjustments as Smart Filters
	Cropping
		Delete cropped pixels
		Crop ratio modes
		Crop measurement units
		Crop tool presets
		Crop overlay display
		Crop tool options
		Front Image cropping
			Disable edge snapping
		Selection-based cropping
		Canvas size
			Corner tracking
		Content-Aware Cropping
		Big data
		Perspective crop tool
		Content-Aware scaling
			Protect facial features
			How to remove objects from a scene
		Rotating images
5 Black and white
	Converting color to black and white
		Dumb black and white conversions
		Smarter black and white conversions
		Black & White adjustment presets
		Split color toning using Color Balance
		Camera Raw black and white conversions
			Pros and cons of the Camera Raw approach
			Calibration panel tweaks
			Profile Amount slider
			HSL black and white conversions
		Camera Raw Split Toning panel
			Camera Raw color image split toning
6 Extending the dynamic range
	High dynamic range imaging
		HDR essentials
			Alternative approaches
			Bracketed exposures
		Photomatix Pro
		Capturing a complete scenic tonal range
		HDR shooting tips
			HDR File formats
			How to fool Merge to HDR
	Camera Raw adjustments
		Processing HDR files in Camera Raw
			The Camera Raw HDR TIFF processing
			Creating HDR DNG photos using Photo Merge
			Auto Settings setting
			Steps to produce a Photo Merge HDR DNG
			Create a Merge to HDR Panorama
	Merge to HDR Pro
		Response curve
		Tone mapping HDR images
			Local Adaptation
			Removing ghosts
			How to avoid the ‘HDR look’
			Disable image sharpening
		Smooth Edges option
		HDR toning example
		How to smooth HDR toned images
7 Image retouching
	Basic cloning methods
		Clone stamp tool
			Clone stamp brush settings
		Healing brush
		Clone Source panel and clone overlays
		Choosing an appropriate alignment mode
			Clone and healing sample options
		Better healing edges
		Spot healing brush
			Healing blend modes
		Spot healing in Content-Aware mode
			Stroking a path
		Diffusion slider for the Healing tools
		Patch tool
		Content-Aware Fill
			The Patch tool in Content-Aware fill mode
			Structure control
		Content-Aware move tool
			Content-Aware move tool in Extend mode
		Enhanced content-aware color adaptation
			Content-Aware move with transformations
		Working with the Clone Source panel
		Perspective retouching
		Ethics of retouching in Photoshop
			Portrait retouching
	Beauty retouching
		Frequency separation technique
	Liquify
		Liquify filter controls
			Pin edges
			Saving and loading the mesh
			Mask options
			View options
			Reconstructions
		Face-Aware Liquify adjustments
		Liquify performance
		Smart Object support for Liquify
			Targeted distortions using Liquify
8 Layers, selections and masking
	Selections and channels
		Selections
			Recalling the last used selection
		Quick Mask mode
		Creating an image selection
		Modifying selections
		Alpha channels
		Modifying an image selection
		Selections, alpha channels and masks
		Anti-aliasing
		Feathering
	Layers
		Layer basics
		Image layers
		Vector layers
		Text layers
		Adjustment layers
		Layers panel controls
			Layer styles
		Adding layer masks
			Viewing in Mask or Rubylith mode
			Copying or removing a layer mask
			Adding an empty layer mask
			Thumbnail preview clipping
		Properties Panel in Masks mode
		Working with the Quick selection tool
		Object selection
		Object selection tool
		Select and Mask
			View modes
			Mask creation
			Edge detection
			Global Refinements
			Output Settings
			Select and Mask performance
		Ragged borders using Select and Mask
		Focus Area
		Color Range masking
	Layer blending modes
		Instant blend mode previews
		Creating panoramas with Photomerge
			Blending options
		Panorama Photo Merges in Camera Raw
			Creating Photo Merge panoramas
			The panorama projection options
			Boundary Warp and Fill Edges
			Panorama Photo Merges and the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
		Merge to HDR Panorama
		Depth of field blending
	Working with multiple layers
		Color coding layers
		Layer group management
			Collapse all layers
			Managing layers in a group
		Clipping masks
			How to create a clipping mask
			Adding an adjustment layer as a clipping mask
			Masking layers within a group
		Layer Comps panel
		Layer linking
		Multiple layer opacity adjustments
		Selecting all layers
		Layer selection using the Move tool
			Layer selection using the Path selection tools
		Layer mask linking
		Layer locking
			Lock Transparent Pixels
			Lock Image Pixels
			Lock Layer Position
			Lock All
			Prevent Auto-nesting
		Export options
			Metadata and Color Space sections
			Exporting layers
		Creative Cloud Libraries
			Adding and linking assets
			Sharing libraries with other users
		Create library assets from documents
		Smarter naming when merging layers
		Layer filtering
			Isolation mode layer filtering
	Transform commands
		Repeat Transforms
		Interpolation options
		Numeric Transforms
		Transforming paths and selections
		Transforms and alignment
		Warp transforms
			Advanced warp controls
		Perspective Warp
		Puppet Warp
			Pin rotation
			Pin depth
			Multiple pin selection
			Smart Objects
	Smart Objects
		Smart Object work flow
		Linked Smart Objects
			Creating linked Smart Objects
			Resolving bad links
			Convert a Smart Object to Layers
			Packaging linked embedded assets
			Layers panel Smart Object searches
	Photoshop paths
		Pen tool modes
		Drawing paths with the Pen tool
		Pen path drawing example
		Pen tool shortcuts summary
		Pen tool options
			Path display options
		Curvature Pen tool
		Path selection tools
		Paths panel selections
		Vector masks
			Isolating an object from the background
9 Blur, optical and rendering filters
	Filter essentials
		Blur filters
			Gaussian Blur
			Average Blur
			Adding a Radial Blur to a photo
			Surface Blur
			Box Blur
			Shape Blur
			Fade command
			Lens Blur
			Depth of field effects
		Blur Gallery filters
		Iris Blur
			Ellipse field controls
			Blur Tools options
			Noise panel
		Tilt-Shift blur
			Blur ring adjustments
		Field Blur
			Spin blur
			Path blur
		Motion Blur Effects panel
			Smart Object support
			Blur Gallery filters on video layers
			Smart objects and selections
			Applying a Blur Gallery filter to a video clip
			Blur Gallery filter with a smart object plus mask
	Smart Filters/Smart Objects
		Applying a Smart Filter to an image
		Lens Corrections
			Video file Lens Corrections
			Custom lens corrections
			Selecting the most appropriate profiles
		Adobe Lens Profile Creator
			Lens Correction profiles and Auto-Align
			Batch lens correction processing
		Adaptive Wide Angle filter
			How the Adaptive Wide Angle filter works
			Applying constraints
			Rotating a constraint
			Saving constraints
			Constraint line colors
			Polygon constraints
			Calibrating with the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
			Editing panorama images
		Flame filter
			Flame filter controls
		Tree filter
			Tree filter panel options
		The Oil Paint filter
			Graphics card requirements
	Filter Gallery
10 Color management
	The need for color management
		Color management objectives
			The versatility of RGB
		Output-centric color management
	Profiled color management
		Color Management Modules
		The Profile Connection Space
		Profiling the display
		Profiling the input
		Profiling the output
		Color management in action
	The Color Settings
		Color management policies
			Preserve embedded profiles
			Profile mismatches and missing profiles
			Convert to Working space
			Color Management Off
		Profile conversions
			Convert to Profile
			Assign Profile
			Profile mismatches when pasting
		Reducing the opportunities for error
			Playing detective
	Conversion options
		Rendering intent
			Perceptual
			Saturation
			Relative Colorimetric
			Absolute Colorimetric
		Black Point Compensation
		Use Dither (8-bit per channel images)
		Scene-referred profiles
		Advanced controls
			Desaturate Monitor Colors
			Blend RGB Colors using Gamma
			Custom RGB and work space gamma
	CMYK conversions
		CMYK setup
		Creating a custom CMYK setting
			Ink Colors
			Dot gain
			Gray Component Replacement (GCR)
			Black Generation
			Undercolor Addition (UCA)
			Undercolor Removal (UCR)
	Choosing a suitable RGB workspace
		Apple RGB
		sRGB IEC-61966-2.1
		ColorMatch RGB
		Adobe RGB (1998)
		ProPhoto RGB
		Lab color
		Measuring by the numbers
	Color management references
	Keeping it simple
11 Print output
	Desktop printing
	Print sharpening
		Judge the print, not the display
		High Pass filter edge sharpening technique
		Soft proof before printing
			Managing print expectations
	Making a print
		Photoshop Print dialog
			Printer selection
			Color Management
			Adobe Color Printer Utility
			Rendering intent selection
			Hard Proofing
			Proof print or aim print?
			Position and Size
			Print selected area
			Ensuring your prints are centered (Mac)
			Printing Marks
			Functions
			Saving operating system print presets
		Print output scripting
		Configuring the Print Settings (Mac and PC)
	Creating custom print profiles
	Creating contact sheets via Bridge
	Printing tips
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